Word: benefited
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Stewart, while calling herself a libertarian, said she saw the student activities fee as a voluntary tax. As such, the council should not have second thoughts about spending money for the students' benefit...
...Among other things, it is clear that foreign languages should be taught in elementary school, if not before. That remedial education may be more effective at the age of three or four than at nine or 10. That good, affordable day care is not a luxury or a fringe benefit for welfare mothers and working parents but essential brain food for the next generation. For while new synapses continue to form throughout life, and even adults continually refurbish their minds through reading and learning, never again will the brain be able to master new skills so readily or rebound from...
...literally and accurately as "straight" than it does as "fundamentalist." And I'll tell you what we're straight about. We're straight about responsibility. We're straight about justice. We're straight about kindness. And we're straight about the ethical teachings of our ancestors: "Give everyone the benefit of the doubt...and greet people with a cheerful smile" ("Ethics of the Fathers," 1:6 and 1:15). -Benjamin A. Siris...
...Kevin cop out? Or did he happen by historical circumstance to get away from the rat race for his own benefit? Can we even ask these questions without being cliched...
...body of prominent economists that would provide Congress yearly with nonpartisan information that could be used to adjust the CPI downward for use in figuring cost-of-living increases and adjusting tax brackets to keep inflation from pushing taxpayers into higher brackets. "This type of approach would have the benefit of being objective, nonpartisan and sufficiently flexible to take full account of the latest information," Greenspan said...